BigBuilder 08 - The tools to succeed - (Page 3) AgENDA AT A gLANCE MonDay, noveMber 3 1:00 – 3:30 pm architects’ Session: women who will build tomorrow 4:00 – 6:00 pm Conference introduction ConferenCe Chair: Larry Mizel Chairman and CEO of MDC Holdings, Larry Mizel is a perfect conference chairman to stand up for an industry under siege. His company almost went broke more than 15 years ago and now reflects a business model of an asset-light operation that avoids exposure to the crush of land ownership. Keynote Speaker: Dan ariely Author, Predictably Irrational economic roundtable: State of the industry 6:00 – 7:30 pm welcome reception tueSDay, noveMber 4 9:00 am – 2:30 pm blueprint for improved profitability: workshops 1, 2, 3 Keynote SpeaKer: Dan ariely Behavioral economist and author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions—a New York Times best seller—Dan Ariely will kick off the event with unique insights into buyer psychology. The first and only person to hold joint appointments at MIT’s Media Lab and the Sloan School of Management, Ariely’s work has appeared in Business 2.0, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, CNN and NPR. 2:45 – 4:15 pm blueprint for improved profitability: workshop 4 4:45 – 6:00 pm Big Builder’s annual apeX awards power panel: who owns tomorrow? CNBC Washington Correspondent Diana Olick 7:00 pm 2008 presidential election night party weDneSDay, noveMber 5 power paneL: Diana olick Following a seven-year tenure with CBS News, Emmy Award-winning journalist Diana Olick joined CNBC as its real estate correspondent in 2002. Looking ahead, Olick anticipates consolidation on the horizon and expects smaller builders to be the first to go. Although the earnings reports of many larger builders are shaky to say the least, she believes that many are positioned well enough from a cash flow perspective to ride out the storm. Look for Olick on Election Night as she moderates the Big Builder ’08 Power Panel: Who Owns Tomorrow? 8:00 – 9:00 am breakfast banter JP Morgan’s Margaret Whelan dishes on money matters 9:00 – 11:00 am Create your Company blueprint for profitability regiSter toDay! bigbuiLDer.CoM http://bigbuiLDer.CoM
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